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FB Heliservices Ltd. To Provide Helicopter Air Recon For Dutch Caribbean Coastguard

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

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FB Heliservices Ltd, a joint venture of Cobham and Bristow Helicopters, has been awarded an approximately $62.7 million, eight-year contract by the Netherlands Ministry of Defence to provide helicopter air reconnaissance capacity to the Dutch Caribbean Coastguard. “This contract breaks new ground for FB Heliservices and we’re very pleased with the award, especially following such a rigorous international competition,” said FB Heliservices Managing Director Peter Richardson. “The company already has a good history under long term performance based contracts supporting…

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